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Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator)

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Persians. Aeschylus. Herbert Weir Smyth (Translator). New York. 1922.

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Persians (English) (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (7)
Πέρσαι First1KGreek (Aeschyli Tragoediae. Sidgwick, Arthur, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1902.) — 633-680 focus
Πέρσαι Perseus (Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.) — 640 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Guilielmus Dindorfius, 1882.) — 640 focus
Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. Gottfried Hermann, 1852.) — 640 focus
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
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Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω
οἷον οὔπω
Περσὶς αἷα ἐκάλυψεν.
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ (OCR draft) Experimental (ΠΕΡΣΑΙ. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 640 focus
Ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλ-
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Ant. 1
λοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ μεγαλαυχῆ
ἰόντ' αἰνέσατ' ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ' ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
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Πέρσαι (OCR draft) Experimental (Πέρσαι. N. Wecklein, 1885.) — 640 focus
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι, Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι
χθονίων ἀγεμόνες,
δαίμονα μεγαυχῆ
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ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενῆ θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω οἷον οὔπω
Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν.
Aeschyli Persae (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschyli Persae. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, 1914.) — 640 focus
ἀλλὰ σύ μοι Γᾶ τε καὶ ἄλλοι χθονίων ἁγεμόνες
δαίμονα μεγαυχή
ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατ᾽ ἐκ δόμων,
Περσᾶν Σουσιγενή θεόν·
πέμπετε δ᾽ ἄνω
οἷον οὔπω
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Περσὶς αἷ᾽ ἐκάλυψεν. –
Translations (8)
The Persians. (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians.. Theodore Alois Buckley, 1849.) — 640 focus
But do thou, O Earth, and ye other rulers of the infernal regions, suffer the illustrious divinity, the god of the Persians, born in Susa, to pass from your dwellings, and send him into upper air, such an one as never heretofore Persian mould covered.
LES PERSES (OCR draft) Experimental (LES PERSES. Paul Mazon, 1920-1925.) — 640 focus
haut mes souffrances infinies : du fond de l'ombre m'entend-il ?

Allons, Terre, et vous, princes du monde infernal, laissez sortir de vos demeures l'être divin et superbe, le dieu, fils de
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Robert Potter, 1779.) — 640 focus
Thou, O Earth, and you, that lead
Thro' your ſable realms the dead,
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Guide him as he takes his way,
And give him to th' ætherial light of day !
Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli (OCR draft) Experimental (Eschilo, I Persiani: traduzione italiana di Ettore Romagnoli. Ettore Romagnoli, 1922.) — 640 focus
O terra, o degli spiriti
Dei condottieri, il duce
che in Susa nacque, il nobile
Re, mandate alla luce
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dal sotterraneo regno:
mandate il prence onde mai non coprirono
le zolle altro piú degno!
Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persae: versio Latina Ioannis Sanravii. Ioannes Sanravius, 1555.) — 640 focus
Sed tu Terra, & alij
Terrestrium duces dij gloriofum
Annuite uenire ex ædibus Perfarum Sufigenam
Deum, ſurſum mittite quem nondum
Perſica terra occultauit.certe amicus,
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Reuera amicus erat uir, reuera bufium
The Persians (OCR draft) Experimental (The Persians. Anna Swanwick, 1886.) — 640 focus
Telling our wretched griefs in piercing cries?
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Me doth he hear below?
English (E. D. A. Morshead, 1908) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylus, Persians — Morshead translation. Wikisource transcription; speech corresp and card milestones aligned to Smyth perseus-grc2.) — 640 focus
O Earth, and ye Lords of the dead! release ye that spirit of might,
Who in Susa the palace was born! let him rise up once more to the light!
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There is none like him, none of all
That e'er were laid in Persian sepulchres!
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1854; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Aeschylos. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Stuttgart: Hoffmann, 1854. Native Donner line citations, Smyth card correspondence, selected textual readings and metrical facsimiles. Remaining OCR differences and unattributed reading notes are documented in the linked review inventory.) — 640 focus
Höre mich, Ge! Höret, ihr Gottheiten der Nacht, waltend im Grab!
Lasset den erhabnen
Geist empor aus den Gräbern zieh'n,
Susa's Sprößling, den Persergott!
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Sendet ihn an's Licht!
Keinen ihm Gleichen
Barg ein persisches Grab noch.

Commentary

Critical apparatus to The Persians (OCR draft) (Latin and Greek critical apparatus to Gottfried Hermann's 1852 edition of The Persians.) focus

640. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-507

παντάλαν᾽: ἔστι δὲ τὸ
παντάλαινον
. εὕρηται δὲ ἐν πολλοῖς καὶ καλοῖς βιβλίοις. οὕτω καὶ μὴ οἰηθείη τις
παντάλαιναν
ἄξιον εἶναι γράφεσθαι scholion in G.
παντάλαινά τ'
Ven. Β.
παντάλανατ᾽
Rob. et sic fortasse etiam Рar. C. ex quo
navτákavav'
affertur.
navtákav'
recte M. ceterique libri.
640

640. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-508

ἄχη:
uz⁹n
Vit.
640

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διαβοᾶσαι:
diapoάow
, quod in M. et ceteris plerisque libris est, omittunt Ven. B. Rob.
διαβάσω
Lips.
διαβ
Vit.
διαβὰς
Mosc.
διαβοάσω
nec coniunctivus esse potest, ut a Wordsworthio in Museo philologico I. p. 233. praecipitur, nec sane futurum, quod
diaßoάooμai
esse deberet, sed scribendum
Siapoãovi
, continuata structura cum praecedentibus. Non chori est
diapour
, sed eorum qui audiunt.
641

642. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-510

νέρθεν:
νέρθεν
omittit Vit.
642

642. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-511

ἄρα:
úga
, circumflexo accentu a sec. manu addito, M.
ou
Lips. Ald. Rob.
642

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-512

σύ μοι:
o
omittunt Ven. B. et Rob.
643

643. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-513

Γᾶ:
ya
Lips.
643

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ἁγεμόνες:
ἀγεμόνες
Μ.
úɣaµóves
G.
iyɛuóves
Vit. Lips. Mosc. Omittunt hanc vocem Ox. Ald.
643

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δαίμονα:
Saíuores
Rob.
644

644. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-516

μεγαυχῆ:
uεyavy
Par. A. et, ut videtur, M.
μeyahavz
Vit. Lips. Ven. A. B. Par. B. L. et edd. ante Brunckium.
uɛyahaoz
G. Cantabr. 1. Par. C.
μɛyahάoyŋ
in Par. A. adscriptum esse dicit Brunckius.
644

645. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-hermann1852-appcrit-lat1-517

ἰόντ᾽:
vt
Par. C. et adscriptum in Par. B.
645

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αἰνέσατ᾽:
αἰνέσατε
δόμων
9ε
Par. C. F.
645

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ἐκ δόμων:
Ven. B.
645

Commentary (W. S. Teuffel; revised by N. Wecklein, 1886; German; OCR draft) (Persians, explanatory commentary pp. 43–97. Single-witness OCR; source readings and all reference placements require scan review.) focus

640-646. mvp-aeschylus-tlg0085-tlg002-teuffel-wecklein1886-com-ger1-94

1
2
Bitte an die Götter der Unterwelt ihn heraufzulassen. ἰόντ᾽ αἰνέσατε nach Analogie von Kr. 56, 6. A. 1. u. 2. - Virum qualem (cuius similem) numquam Persis terra texit. τὸν οἷον.. ἐκάλυψεν wie οἱ οἷοίπερ ὑμεῖς ἄν- δρες, Kr. I 50, 8. A. 16.